This page has links to general research sites that have information on lots of inventions and inventors. There are lots of other resources available. If you find a terrific site about a certain invention, please let Mr. Ruben or Ms. Mayo know so we can add it here. In addition we have LOTS of books in the library on inventors and inventions! Stop by and check them out.
Carroll County Public Schools is not responsible for any of the contents on the following links. These links are not maintained by CCPS and CCPS does not endorse any advertising that may be present on any page.
http://www.knowledgecontext.org/Activities/timeline.htm Knowledge Context is a time line through 2003 of technological inventions. It may give you the year of a certain invention but you will need to dig for more information elsewhere. The site is designed by a company that sells their curriculum to schools.
http://www.timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTML Created by an unknown author, this is a technology timeline. A simple listing of years and what was invented by whom during that year. Be sure this information matched what you find elsewhere as we have no information about the author or his or her identity.
http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/ets/Invent.htm Brought to you by educators from the Davis School District. This is a list of sites on the theme of inventors and inventions. Some of the links they have are duplicated here.
Historical Timeline:http://www.historicaltimeline.com/ht_inventions.htm With a comprehensive list of inventions throughout all of history and links to resources about that time period or invention, this resource maybe a good place to start. Be sure the information matches with what you find from other sources as we do not know who created this site. National Inventors Hall of Fame: While it may take a little time to load this site searchable by inventor, invention, or decasde has a lot of information. If the invention you are researching is in here, you have hit a goldmine of information. http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_1_search.asp
Fact Monster Scienceprovides this alphabeltical list of inventions. Some are hypelinked to more information about the invention or the inventor. This maybe a good place to start your research, but it is unlikely you will find everything you need here. It is a good starting point or overview. http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0004637.html
STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER This is the best place for student researchers to start. Be sure you choose Student Resource Center the picture with the apple and then use either the inventors name or the name of the invention as your search term. If you are prompted for a password it is on page 15 of your agenda book
Carroll County Public Schools is not responsible for any of the contents on the following links. These links are not maintained by CCPS and CCPS does not endorse any advertising that may be present on any page.
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/timeline.htm
http://inventors.about.com/od/kidinventions/Inventions_Made_By_Kids.htm
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/BellLabs/History/Timeline
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa111100a.htm
http://www.knowledgecontext.org/Activities/timeline.htm Knowledge Context is a time line through 2003 of technological inventions. It may give you the year of a certain invention but you will need to dig for more information elsewhere. The site is designed by a company that sells their curriculum to schools.
http://www.timelines.ws/subjects/Technology.HTML Created by an unknown author, this is a technology timeline. A simple listing of years and what was invented by whom during that year. Be sure this information matched what you find elsewhere as we have no information about the author or his or her identity.
http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/ets/Invent.htm Brought to you by educators from the Davis School District. This is a list of sites on the theme of inventors and inventions. Some of the links they have are duplicated here.
Historical Timeline:http://www.historicaltimeline.com/ht_inventions.htm With a comprehensive list of inventions throughout all of history and links to resources about that time period or invention, this resource maybe a good place to start. Be sure the information matches with what you find from other sources as we do not know who created this site.
National Inventors Hall of Fame: While it may take a little time to load this site searchable by inventor, invention, or decasde has a lot of information. If the invention you are researching is in here, you have hit a goldmine of information. http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_1_search.asp
Inventor of the Week Archives: Created the Massachusettes Institute of Technology these inventor profiles give very detailed information. You can search by invention categories or by the name of the inventor if you know it. http://web.mit.edu/invent/i-archive.html
About.com Famous inventions from A-Z: There is a lot of advertising and you will need to really stay focused on this page, but there are links to many different sorts of inventions. You will need to click either the letter of the invention or the inventor to find information. http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/FamousInvention.htm
Fact Monster Scienceprovides this alphabeltical list of inventions. Some are hypelinked to more information about the invention or the inventor. This maybe a good place to start your research, but it is unlikely you will find everything you need here. It is a good starting point or overview. http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0004637.html
The History of Invention: Created by Canadians this site provides a very brief overview of some important inventions throughout history. http://www.cbc.ca/kids/general/the-lab/history-of-invention/default.html
Enchanted Learning: Another site arranged alphabetically by either invention or inventor. Brief paragraphs of information are available. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexa.shtml
Inventors and Inventions: This is just a list of who invented what when provided by a library in New Zealand. Use it to find the name of the inventor which you can then use to search for more information. http://library.christchurch.org.nz/kids/inventions/
STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER This is the best place for student researchers to start. Be sure you choose Student Resource Center the picture with the apple and then use either the inventors name or the name of the invention as your search term. If you are prompted for a password it is on page 15 of your agenda book
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